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 ir RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Drug gangs set fire to buses and opened fire on police stations and posts around Rio de Janeiro early Thursday in a wave of violence that killed 19 people and wounded 21, the state's top law enforcement officer said.
The victims included seven who burned to death in one of six torched buses and three policemen, said Roberto Precioso, head of Rio's Public Safety Department.
Two other civilians died, including a street vendor caught in the crossfire of a shootout in Rio's Botafogo district, and seven alleged gang members were killed, he said. Fourteen civilians and seven police officers were injured, he added.
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